Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conscious parallelism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
con-scious -par-al-lelism
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.

American usage; Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does conscious parallelism mean?
Price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.

How to pronounce conscious parallelism

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “conscious parallelism”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “conscious parallelism”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “conscious parallelism” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.